JOHN: don't worry, i am not a villain.JOHN: i'm just passing through, looking for someone.JOHN: i was told to find a girl named roxy.ROXY: roxy huhROXY: sounds like a babeJOHN: heh.JOHN: yeah, maybe.JOHN: do you know her?ROXY: kindaJOHN: really?JOHN: have you seen her??ROXY: nope not in a while i am fraidJOHN: darn.ROXY: i could help you find her thoughROXY: w a series of vexing riddles + cluesROXY: each more bewildering than the lastROXY: each less infuriating than the nextROXY: for i am the sphinx of this pyramid and that sort of coy bs is the shit i get up to ery dayROXY: (all pyramids have sphinxes i decided j now)JOHN: no, that sounds really dumb.JOHN: i would rather just have some straightforward information as to her whereabouts.ROXY: ummmmmmmmmmROXY: *strokes sphinxly chin enigmatically*JOHN: can you at least tell me what she looks like?ROXY: well the thing isROXY: shes hard 2 recognize latelyROXY: she started wearing a mask for some fukin reasonROXY: maybe so as to avoid detection from snoopy boys??? ;)ROXY: (just wonked @ u fyi)JOHN: you just what?ROXY: nothin!JOHN: alright, well...JOHN: can you tell me where and when you last saw her?ROXY: heck yesROXY: it was last time i looked in a mirrorROXY: theres no mirrors in jail thoughROXY: which is a shameROXY: could use an eyeload of that stone cold fox 2 get me thru the long nitesROXY: hardest time i ever done :(JOHN: oh my god.JOHN: it's you!JOHN: how could i possibly fall for such a stupid prank.ROXY: ell em ay friggin OHROXY: youre almost as gullible as englishROXY: how perf is it that thats some kinda family traitJOHN: what?ROXY: you must be john rightJOHN: yes.JOHN: how did you know that?ROXY: because jake rambled about meetin you a bunch of timesROXY: also u sound like himJOHN: oh.JOHN: it seems like you have me at a disadvantage then.JOHN: which is impressive, considering you are in jail, and also in a little green pyramid thingy for some reason.JOHN: did you...JOHN: did you actually build that thing?ROXY: f yeah!JOHN: that's cool. it's like a little fort.JOHN: i built a fort once in my room. i made it out of a bed sheet, and some cruxite dowels.JOHN: then my friend threw it in a bottomless pit.ROXY: hahahROXY: thas awesomeJOHN: it was alright.ROXY: no but 4 real dont wreck my fort or i fuck you upJOHN: i wouldn't dare.JOHN: aren't you going to come out so i can see you?ROXY: i would butROXY: ive been tryin to concentrate on somethingROXY: so i built this sick pyramid deal to help focus my brain chi and spiritual majyyks and if at all possible to blitz my chakras out the yin yangJOHN: is it working?ROXY: noROXY: but at least its nice and dark and quiet in here and free of distactionsROXY: or it was until a guy came along lookin for some chickJOHN: what are you trying to do exactly?ROXY: i have to make a spikeball appear out of thin airROXY: but all i can make are these lame cubesJOHN: you made all these cubes??ROXY: yupJOHN: that's a neat power.ROXY: tyROXY: i also made some pumpkinsROXY: cubes n pumpkinsROXY: the manifestations of amateursROXY: theyre basically freebies for void players i thinkJOHN: i remember making some of those cubes with my alchemiter.JOHN: i think that's what a blank card makes? so yeah, they're super primitive.JOHN: but making pumpkins is pretty impressive. they're like... these big ol' vegetables.ROXY: no dudeROXY: pumpkins are helllls o primitiveROXY: voidwise theyre like the middle square on a bingo cardROXY: drummin up a dumb gourd aint nothing to write home aboutJOHN: well, if you're really having trouble...JOHN: i know a thing or two about learning to use god tier powers.JOHN: maybe i could help?

That was the last update for a good while. I'll say more about the pause soon.

The flash: song was an old and good one by Malcolm Brown, whose name I'd hope you would be familiar with by now. Art contributed by Adrienne, Ikimaru, Guzusuru, Shelby, and Rah. Great to work with all these people again. As has always been the case, the enthusiasm for the story by all contributors really shows in the work they do, and makes the final animation result feel a lot more special than it otherwise would be. A big thanks to all these artists, along with anyone else who ever left their artistic mark on this story.

9828 had a song and a drawing by James Roach and Ipgd respectively. Whoa, those are respectively very very good. The doomsday screed is by this son of a bozo, and it does appear to have motivated quite a STRONG wave of selfie posting. Maybe enough to even save the website from old man Hussie? Guess we'll find out. Hmm, sure does seem like Homestuck has a lot of good lookin' readers. I must say I am impressed. I have taken quite an extensive tour through your offerings and I have yet to find an unattractive face in front of Arquiusprite's tremendous buttocks. Kudos to every single selfie-snapper for being so preposterously photogenic. Just, wow. People have got a couple tumblrarchives already if you want to take a look. I don't know which of those is "better," or more exhaustive, but you know what, a little competition never killed anybody. I guess they can be like the Coke and Pepsi of this baloney ass stunt, for as long as people wanna keep pointing phones at their own faces.

Starting now, We Love Fine will become the primary seller of Homestuck products. Almost everything from the What Pumpkin store will be gradually moved over to the We Love Fine store over the next few weeks. We're also working on a lot of cool new things, which will show up in the WLF store over the following months.

WLF is also running another shirt design contest this month. There were a whole lot of great entries last time, and many of them ended up getting printed. Maybe YOU have a cool idea for a shirt this time around?? I would like to see it!

In closing, I will say this. We Love Fine is a great company! I've worked with them for a couple years already. The people there are VERY enthusiastic about making great stuff for fandoms. Take a look around their site. There's a good chance you will see stuff for other properties you like as well. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they're going to make for Homestuck!